diff --git a/bases/rsptx/assignment_server_api/routers/student.py b/bases/rsptx/assignment_server_api/routers/student.py
index 9f8b2e6fd..d4dc0b641 100644
--- a/bases/rsptx/assignment_server_api/routers/student.py
+++ b/bases/rsptx/assignment_server_api/routers/student.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     get_jinja_templates,
     get_shared_templates,
 )
+from rsptx.templates.ebook_config import ebook_config_override
 from rsptx.response_helpers import construct_course_url, safe_join
 from rsptx.response_helpers.core import (
     make_json_response,
@@ -214,6 +215,15 @@ def sort_key(assignment):
         origin=course_markup_system,
         **course_attrs,
     )
+    if use_pretext_student_pages:
+        context["ebook_config_override"] = await ebook_config_override(
+            course=course,
+            user=user,
+            user_is_instructor=user_is_instructor,
+            course_attrs=course_attrs,
+            readings=None,  # force bookfuncs to not render assignment tracker
+            activities={},
+        )
     return templates.TemplateResponse(
         "assignment/student/chooseAssignment.html", context
     )
@@ -1096,6 +1106,15 @@ async def doAssignment(
         allow_pairs="true" if course.allow_pairs else "false",
         **course_attrs,
     )
+    if use_pretext_student_pages:
+        context["ebook_config_override"] = await ebook_config_override(
+            course=course,
+            user=user,
+            user_is_instructor=user_is_instructor,
+            course_attrs=course_attrs,
+            readings=None,  # force bookfuncs to not render assignment tracker
+            activities={},
+        )
     response = templates.TemplateResponse(
         "assignment/student/doAssignment.html", context
     )
diff --git a/bases/rsptx/book_server_api/routers/books.py b/bases/rsptx/book_server_api/routers/books.py
index 9fc8762f1..e7ba56396 100644
--- a/bases/rsptx/book_server_api/routers/books.py
+++ b/bases/rsptx/book_server_api/routers/books.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 from rsptx.db.models import UseinfoValidation
 from rsptx.auth.session import is_instructor
 from rsptx.templates import template_folder
+from rsptx.templates.ebook_config import ebook_config_override
 from rsptx.response_helpers import safe_join
 from rsptx.response_helpers.core import canonical_utcnow
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
@@ -677,6 +678,15 @@ async def serve_page(
         worker_name=worker_name,
         appname="runestone",  # for peer+ links
         course_attrs=course_attrs,
+        ebook_config_override=await ebook_config_override(
+            course=course_row,
+            user=user,
+            user_is_instructor=user_is_instructor,
+            course_attrs=course_attrs,
+            readings=reading_list,
+            activities=activity_info,
+            use_services=use_services,
+        ),
         **course_attrs,
     )
     # See `templates <https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/templates/>`_.
diff --git a/bases/rsptx/book_server_api/routers/course.py b/bases/rsptx/book_server_api/routers/course.py
index 2418550a7..73b44cdbc 100644
--- a/bases/rsptx/book_server_api/routers/course.py
+++ b/bases/rsptx/book_server_api/routers/course.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 from rsptx.auth.session import auth_manager
 from rsptx.templates import get_jinja_templates, get_shared_templates
+from rsptx.templates.ebook_config import ebook_config_override
 from rsptx.db.crud import (
     fetch_assignments,
     fetch_all_assignment_stats,
@@ -152,35 +153,42 @@ def sort_key(assignment):
     else:
         templates = get_shared_templates()
 
-    return templates.TemplateResponse(
-        "book/course/current_course.html",
-        {
-            "assignment_list": assignments,
-            "stats": stats,
-            "course": course,
-            "is_old_course": course.term_start_date
-            < (datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(weeks=52)).date(),
-            "user": user,
-            "request": request,
-            "institution": course.institution,
-            "instructor_list": instructors,
-            "base_course": course.base_course,
-            "origin": course_markup_system,
-            "book": book,
-            "lastPageUrl": last_page_url,
-            "student_page": True,
-            "course_list": course_list,
-            "is_instructor": "true" if user_is_instructor else "false",
-            "has_discussion_group": book.social_url if book else None,
-            "lti1p1": is_lti1p1_course,
-            "now": now,
-            "visibility_map": visibility_map,
-            "course_attrs": attrs,
-            "course_name": course.course_name,
-            "base_url": construct_course_url(course),
-            "settings": settings,
-        },
-    )
+    context = {
+        "assignment_list": assignments,
+        "stats": stats,
+        "course": course,
+        "is_old_course": course.term_start_date
+        < (datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(weeks=52)).date(),
+        "user": user,
+        "request": request,
+        "institution": course.institution,
+        "instructor_list": instructors,
+        "base_course": course.base_course,
+        "origin": course_markup_system,
+        "book": book,
+        "lastPageUrl": last_page_url,
+        "student_page": True,
+        "course_list": course_list,
+        "is_instructor": "true" if user_is_instructor else "false",
+        "has_discussion_group": book.social_url if book else None,
+        "lti1p1": is_lti1p1_course,
+        "now": now,
+        "visibility_map": visibility_map,
+        "course_attrs": attrs,
+        "course_name": course.course_name,
+        "base_url": construct_course_url(course),
+        "settings": settings,
+    }
+    if use_pretext_student_pages:
+        context["ebook_config_override"] = await ebook_config_override(
+            course=course,
+            user=user,
+            user_is_instructor=user_is_instructor,
+            course_attrs=attrs,
+            readings=[],
+            activities={},
+        )
+    return templates.TemplateResponse("book/course/current_course.html", context)
 
 
 @router.api_route("/changeCourse/{course_name:str}", methods=["GET", "POST"])
diff --git a/bases/rsptx/interactives/runestone/common/js/bookfuncs.js b/bases/rsptx/interactives/runestone/common/js/bookfuncs.js
index bc1d38943..ce8a31437 100644
--- a/bases/rsptx/interactives/runestone/common/js/bookfuncs.js
+++ b/bases/rsptx/interactives/runestone/common/js/bookfuncs.js
@@ -32,6 +32,23 @@
 import RunestoneBase from "./runestonebase.js";
 import { marked } from "marked";
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Server-supplied eBookConfig values (issue #1392)
+//
+// A PreTeXt page served by a Runestone server sets ``ebook_config_override``
+// right after the book template's own eBookConfig assignments.  The server is
+// the authority for those values (course, user, activities, ...), so they win
+// over whatever the template wrote.  This runs when the module is evaluated,
+// before anything else reads eBookConfig.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+export function applyEbookConfigOverride() {
+    const override = window.ebook_config_override;
+    if (override && typeof override === "object") {
+        window.eBookConfig = Object.assign(window.eBookConfig || {}, override);
+    }
+}
+applyEbookConfigOverride();
+
 var rb = new RunestoneBase();
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1701,6 +1718,9 @@ window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function (event) {
         let authorUrl =
             (eBookConfig.authorServerUrl ||
                 "https://author.runestone.academy/author") + "/";
+        let editorUrl =
+            eBookConfig.editorServerUrl || "/admin/editor/manage_exercises";
+
         if (eBookConfig.isAuthor) {
             menuContentArea.appendChild(
                 makeLink(authorUrl, "Author Dashboard"),
@@ -1708,7 +1728,7 @@ window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function (event) {
         }
         if (eBookConfig.isEditor) {
             menuContentArea.appendChild(
-                makeLink(authorUrl, "Editor Dashboard"),
+                makeLink(editorUrl, "Editor Dashboard"),
             );
         }
         menuContentArea.appendChild(
diff --git a/bases/rsptx/interactives/runestone/common/test/bookfuncs_config_override.test.js b/bases/rsptx/interactives/runestone/common/test/bookfuncs_config_override.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c12a0f34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bases/rsptx/interactives/runestone/common/test/bookfuncs_config_override.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/**
+ * Tests for merging the server's ``ebook_config_override`` into eBookConfig
+ * (issue #1392).  The book server injects the override after the PreTeXt
+ * template's own eBookConfig assignments; its values must win.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
+
+import { applyEbookConfigOverride } from "../js/bookfuncs.js";
+
+describe("applyEbookConfigOverride", () => {
+    let saved;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        saved = window.eBookConfig;
+        delete window.ebook_config_override;
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        window.eBookConfig = saved;
+        delete window.ebook_config_override;
+    });
+
+    it("overrides template values and keeps the ones it doesn't name", () => {
+        window.eBookConfig = {
+            course: "from_template",
+            isLoggedIn: false,
+            enableScratchAC: true,
+        };
+        window.ebook_config_override = {
+            course: "from_server",
+            isLoggedIn: true,
+            activities: { page: 0 },
+        };
+        applyEbookConfigOverride();
+        expect(window.eBookConfig).toEqual({
+            course: "from_server",
+            isLoggedIn: true,
+            enableScratchAC: true,
+            activities: { page: 0 },
+        });
+    });
+
+    it("extends the existing object rather than replacing it", () => {
+        const config = { course: "c" };
+        window.eBookConfig = config;
+        window.ebook_config_override = { username: "u" };
+        applyEbookConfigOverride();
+        expect(window.eBookConfig).toBe(config);
+        expect(config.username).toBe("u");
+    });
+
+    it("leaves eBookConfig alone when there is no override", () => {
+        const config = { course: "c" };
+        window.eBookConfig = config;
+        applyEbookConfigOverride();
+        expect(window.eBookConfig).toBe(config);
+        expect(config).toEqual({ course: "c" });
+    });
+
+    it("creates eBookConfig if the page didn't define one", () => {
+        window.eBookConfig = undefined;
+        window.ebook_config_override = { course: "c" };
+        applyEbookConfigOverride();
+        expect(window.eBookConfig).toEqual({ course: "c" });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/components/rsptx/db/crud/group.py b/components/rsptx/db/crud/group.py
index c329bf06b..ff45fbdbf 100644
--- a/components/rsptx/db/crud/group.py
+++ b/components/rsptx/db/crud/group.py
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ async def is_author(userid: int) -> bool:
     :rtype: bool
     """
     ed = await fetch_group("author")
+    if ed is None:
+        # No author group has been created in this database, so nobody is one.
+        return False
     row = await fetch_membership(ed.id, userid)
 
     if row:
diff --git a/components/rsptx/templates/ebook_config.py b/components/rsptx/templates/ebook_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a46d2397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/rsptx/templates/ebook_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# *****************************************************
+# |docname| - server-supplied eBookConfig values
+# *****************************************************
+# A PreTeXt book's ``_base.html`` sets up ``eBookConfig`` from template
+# variables, then emits ``{{ ebook_config_override | safe }}``.  ``bookfuncs.js``
+# merges that object into ``eBookConfig`` before anything reads it, so the
+# server, not the book's template, decides the values only a Runestone server
+# can know: the green items in issue #1392.
+#
+# enableScratchAC and acDefaultLanguage are also green there, but they are
+# publisher options with no server-side source, so the book keeps them.
+from typing import Any, Optional
+
+from jinja2.utils import htmlsafe_json_dumps
+
+from rsptx.db.crud import is_author, is_editor
+
+
+async def ebook_config_override(
+    *,
+    course: Any,
+    user: Optional[Any],
+    user_is_instructor: bool,
+    course_attrs: dict,
+    readings: Optional[list],
+    activities: dict,
+    use_services: bool = True,
+) -> str:
+    """Return the ``ebook_config_override`` script statement for a page.
+
+    :param course: the course row being viewed
+    :param user: the logged-in user, or None
+    :param user_is_instructor: whether ``user`` instructs ``course``
+    :param course_attrs: the course's attributes
+    :param readings: the page's reading list; None (JSON ``null``) keeps
+        bookfuncs from drawing the assignment reading tracker
+    :param activities: the activity counts for the progress bar
+    :param use_services: False for a book page viewed in browsing mode
+    """
+    # The Author and Editor Dashboard links only appear in the instructor menu,
+    # so only instructors pay for the group lookups.
+    if user and user_is_instructor:
+        user_is_author = await is_author(user.id)
+        user_is_editor = await is_editor(user.id)
+    else:
+        user_is_author = user_is_editor = False
+
+    ebook_attrs = dict(
+        useRunestoneServices=use_services,
+        course=course.course_name,
+        termStartDate=course.term_start_date.isoformat(),
+        basecourse=course.base_course,
+        isLoggedIn=user is not None,
+        email=user.email if user else "",
+        isInstructor=user_is_instructor,
+        logLevel=10,
+        username=user.username if user else "",
+        readings=readings,
+        activities=activities,
+        downloadsEnabled=bool(course.downloads_enabled),
+        allow_pairs=bool(course.allow_pairs),
+        course_attrs=course_attrs,
+        isEditor=user_is_editor,
+        isAuthor=user_is_author,
+    )
+    # htmlsafe_json_dumps escapes <, >, & and ' so a course attribute can't
+    # close the <script> tag this lands in.
+    return "ebook_config_override = " + str(htmlsafe_json_dumps(ebook_attrs))
diff --git a/test/components/rsptx/templates/test_ebook_config.py b/test/components/rsptx/templates/test_ebook_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07db23f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/components/rsptx/templates/test_ebook_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import datetime
+import json
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+import pytest
+
+from rsptx.templates import ebook_config
+from rsptx.templates.ebook_config import ebook_config_override
+
+# No session-scoped fixture here, so pin the loop or later DB tests break.
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_scope="session")
+
+PREFIX = "ebook_config_override = "
+
+
+def _course():
+    return SimpleNamespace(
+        course_name="mycourse",
+        base_course="mybook",
+        term_start_date=datetime.date(2026, 9, 1),
+        downloads_enabled=True,
+        allow_pairs=None,
+    )
+
+
+def _parse(statement):
+    assert statement.startswith(PREFIX)
+    return json.loads(statement[len(PREFIX) :])
+
+
+async def test_anonymous_reader():
+    cfg = _parse(
+        await ebook_config_override(
+            course=_course(),
+            user=None,
+            user_is_instructor=False,
+            course_attrs={},
+            readings=[],
+            activities={},
+            use_services=False,
+        )
+    )
+    assert cfg["useRunestoneServices"] is False
+    assert cfg["isLoggedIn"] is False
+    assert cfg["username"] == "" and cfg["email"] == ""
+    assert cfg["course"] == "mycourse" and cfg["basecourse"] == "mybook"
+    assert cfg["termStartDate"] == "2026-09-01"
+    assert cfg["downloadsEnabled"] is True and cfg["allow_pairs"] is False
+    assert cfg["isAuthor"] is False and cfg["isEditor"] is False
+
+
+async def test_null_readings_survive():
+    # Assignment pages send null so bookfuncs skips the reading tracker.
+    cfg = _parse(
+        await ebook_config_override(
+            course=_course(),
+            user=None,
+            user_is_instructor=False,
+            course_attrs={},
+            readings=None,
+            activities={},
+        )
+    )
+    assert cfg["readings"] is None
+
+
+async def test_group_lookups_only_for_instructors(monkeypatch):
+    calls = []
+
+    async def fake_is_author(uid):
+        calls.append(("author", uid))
+        return True
+
+    async def fake_is_editor(uid):
+        calls.append(("editor", uid))
+        return False
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ebook_config, "is_author", fake_is_author)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ebook_config, "is_editor", fake_is_editor)
+    user = SimpleNamespace(id=7, username="sue", email="sue@example.com")
+
+    student = _parse(
+        await ebook_config_override(
+            course=_course(),
+            user=user,
+            user_is_instructor=False,
+            course_attrs={},
+            readings=[],
+            activities={},
+        )
+    )
+    assert calls == []
+    assert student["isAuthor"] is False and student["isEditor"] is False
+
+    instructor = _parse(
+        await ebook_config_override(
+            course=_course(),
+            user=user,
+            user_is_instructor=True,
+            course_attrs={},
+            readings=[],
+            activities={},
+        )
+    )
+    assert calls == [("author", 7), ("editor", 7)]
+    assert instructor["isAuthor"] is True and instructor["isEditor"] is False
+    assert instructor["username"] == "sue" and instructor["isLoggedIn"] is True
+
+
+async def test_course_attr_cannot_close_the_script_tag():
+    statement = await ebook_config_override(
+        course=_course(),
+        user=None,
+        user_is_instructor=False,
+        course_attrs={"x": "</script><script>alert(1)</script>"},
+        readings=[],
+        activities={},
+    )
+    assert "</script>" not in statement
+    assert _parse(statement)["course_attrs"]["x"].startswith("</script>")
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 8b4137503..354198955 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2902,7 +2902,7 @@ text = [
 
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+version = "2.56.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "citeproc-py" },
@@ -2923,9 +2923,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "requests" },
     { name = "single-version" },
 ]
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